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BRACKET AND SHELF FOR LIBRARY STACKS. APPLICATION FILED APR.3.19/14.

1,1 95,295. Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

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Inventor wibvwooao l M 4 Q1 @da and lock said shelf between said brackets, the flanges on the shelf moving transversely into engagement with the channels.

'2. In a library shelf the combination of two brackets, flanges forming a channel on each of said brackets at the bottom thereof, openings in said iianges, a shelf having flanges on tw'o sides thereof engaging said channels, lugs struck up on each of said flanges of said shelf, said lugs being pressed back during the insertion of said anges into said channels and being adapted to spring back into said openings in said channels to prevent said shelf from disengaging itself from said brackets.

3. In a library shelf construction, the combination of uprights having openings therein, brackets each having a downwardly extending hook formed integral therewith on the rear side near the top thereof to engage in an opening in said upright to support the bracket, the back of said bracket immediately in front of said hook being cut away and out of line with the back of said bracket to prevent said hook from clamping itself on said upright, said cut away portion permitting the top of said bracket to rock into said stack, permitting the hook to be readily disengaged from the stack.l

Il. In a library shelf construction, the combination of uprights, openings in each of said uprights, brackets each having a downwardly extending hook v formed integral therewith on the rear side near the top thereof to engage in the openings in said uprights to support the bracket, the edge of the bracket opposite the lower end of said hook being upwardly inclined away from said hook, leaving a recess between the rear edge of said hook and said bracket with a curved fillet at the top connecting said bracket and hook, a shelf supported between adjacent brackets, means for locking said Ishelf to said brackets.

5. In a library shelf construction the combination of uprights, openings in each of` said uprights, brackets each having a downwardly extending hook formed integral therewith on the rear side near the top thereof, the edge of said bracket opposite the lower end of said hook being upwardly inclined away from said hook, the inner edge of the hook being slightly projected beyond the rear edge of the bracket, said hook being shaped so as t0 engage in the opening in said upright and draw the top of the bracket firmly .against the upright.

' 6. In a library shelf construction, the combination of uprights having openings therein, brackets each having a downwardly extending hook formed integral therewith on 4the rear side near the top thereof to engage in an opening in said upright to support the bracket, the forward edge of said hook being concaved at the top where it joins the bracket to allow the edge of the opening in the upright to engage thereon according to the thickness of the upright, holding the bracketclosely to the side of the upright, the back'of lsaid bracket immediately in front of said hook being cut away and out of line with the back of said bracket to prevent said hook from clamping itself on said upright, said cut away portion permitting the top of said bracket to rock into said stack, permitting the hook to be readily disengaged from the stack.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PAUL GARFIELD TURNER.

Witnesses:

R. F. FISHER, H. C. FOSBERG. 

